Chicago; The University of Chicago Press; 1990.. First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. [vi], 394; text illustrated with several diagrams, statistical analysis of the press reaction, list of periodicals with index of quotations, index of names, biographical notes, bibliography of citations, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, name on front endpaper, otherwise a very good copy.

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Darwin and the General Reader: The Reception of Darwin's Theory of Evolution in the British Periodical Press, 1859-1872 (Gothenburg Studies in English VIII)

by Ellegard, Alvar

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Goteborg. Used - Good. 1958. Tall octavo. 394 pp. Some shelf wear, creasing, and discoloration to wraps along with tape repairs to head and tail of spine. Binding is fragile but intact. Text is slightly toned but otherwise clean and unmarked. Altogether a copy in Good condition. (Subject: History of Science.)

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Darwin and the General Reader: The Reception of Darwin's Theory of Evolution in the British Periodical Press, 1859-72

by Alvar Ellegard

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Paperback / softback. New. Drawing on his investigation of over one hundred mid-Victorian British newspapers and periodicals, Alvar Elleg rd describes and analyzes the impact of Darwin's theory of evolution during the first dozen years after the publication of the Origin of Species. Although Darwin's book caused an immediate stir in literary and scientific periodicals, the popular press… Read more about this item